OKLAHOMA CITY ― Eighteen riders received scores Friday, and we
should see a good number of scores again tonight. We could see up
to 10 riders with two scores going into Round 3. Most of the riders
at the top of the leaderboard after Round 1 drew relatively unknown
bulls here in Round 2.

Ryan Dirteater on +2/7 Red
Man:
Red Man may well be the best draw not only in this round, but in
all of bull riding ― and not just right now, but in the past five
years or so. He's visually impressive, he has speed and action, and
virtually never bucks off any of the better riders. He doesn't look
very easy to ride, in fact when you watch him go he makes riders
work hard to stay on, but most of them do get the job done. This
matchup is a great opportunity for Dirteater, who came down early
last night.

Sean Willingham on -22 Party All The
Time:
Willingham won a Touring Pro event in Austin, Texas, which earned
him an alternate spot here, and he made the most of the opportunity
Friday night. He's got a good bull here - one of the better bulls
in the round in terms of point production. He hasn't been ridden
very often by right-handed riders, but he has been ridden in his
last five outs going back to August 2012.

Ben Jones on 10S Chin
Music:
Jones should dance again tonight. Despite the tough sounding name,
Chin Music is kind of a patsy when it comes to right-handed riders.
They ride him more than 75 percent of the time, while lefties
haven't done nearly as well. Luke Snyder was 86.75 points on Chin
Music in Chicago.

Guilherme Marchi on 707
Strokin':
These two met back in September in Tampa, Fla., where Marchi was
87 points on this bull. This is a bull that likes to spin to the
right, and he's not likely to shake Marchi loose with that kind of
game plan.

Shane Proctor on P6 How We
Roll:
I often say a bull is a great draw, or a good bull to draw, and by
that I mean from a rider's perspective, his risk/reward ratio is
favorable for the rider. There are two qualities that a bull can
have that would make him a good draw, he could be relatively easy
to get a score on (low risk), and he could be capable of producing
relatively high scores (high reward). How We Roll has both of these
qualities. He typically produces round winning type scores, and at
least for right-handed riders like Proctor, he's been relatively
easy to ride. He's been ridden in six of his last eight outs going
back to last March, with five of those scores going to right-handed
riders.

Douglas Duncan on 630 Oklahoma
Magic:
Three out of five left-handed riders who have tried Oklahoma Magic
have earned a score on him. This is a bull that we don't see on
tour all that often. He's been around since 2010, but only has nine
outs on record, which is indicative of a bull that had to take some
time off due to illness or injury. In his last two outs, he threw
off Marco Eguchi and Renato Nunes last fall.

Mike Lee on U2 Prince
Albert:
Along with Red Man and How We Roll, this bull is one of the three
best draws in the round. He carried Chris Shivers to a round win in
Nashville in September, and another round win at the World Finals a
month later. Prince Albert likes to spin to the left, and he tends
to hang in the air a little, which means the time he doesn't do a
lot while he's off the ground.

If you break down every mechanical aspect of riding a bull,
you'll find the bull has a slight advantage for most of the ride,
because he's controlling the action and the rider is just reacting.
The only time a rider really has an edge is while the bull is in
the air. In this brief period of time, the rider has to make all of
his adjustments, regain any position he may have lost, and ready
himself for the next jump. Bulls that are more difficult to ride
either minimize the time they spend in the air, or in the case of
bulls like Asteroid and Bushwacker, they use that time to throw
something else at the rider ― twists, turns, rolls or steep
drops.

When a bull "hangs in the air," it means his bucking style tends
to maximize the time he spends in the air, and he gives the rider a
great chance to adjust for every jump.

Brant Atwood on 620 Blonde
Bomber:
Blonde Bomber has been ridden six times in 10 Built Ford Tough
Series outs. Atwood needs scores to make a place for himself on
tour, and this is the kind of bull that riders need to have success
on at this level.